{"id":31141,"date":"2020-11-16T20:48:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T20:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dvirc.org\/insights\/packaging-progressions-founders-gift-transforms-penn-colleges-machining-lab\/"},"modified":"2023-03-08T14:05:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T14:05:32","slug":"packaging-progressions-founders-gift-transforms-penn-colleges-machining-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dvirc.org\/insights\/packaging-progressions-founders-gift-transforms-penn-colleges-machining-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Packaging Progressions\u2019 Founder\u2019s Gift Transforms Penn College\u2019s Machining Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students majoring in one of five\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pct.edu\/academics\/et\/automated-manufacturing-machining\">manufacturing-related degrees<\/a> are benefiting from a gift to Pennsylvania College of Technology, featured in a YouTube video. Larry A. Ward, founder of Packaging Progressions Inc. and DVIRC client, made a donation exceeding $1 million to revamp the college\u2019s machining lab \u2013 the largest alumni gift in the college\u2019s history. Ward\u2019s generosity has resulted in fresh paint, lighting, fixtures and 50 new machines for the 14,299-square-foot instructional space. \u201cIt\u2019s just completely transformed the entire lab,\u201d says Dakota C. Harrison, a manufacturing engineering technology major from Lewisberry. \u201cAnd we really couldn\u2019t have done it without Mr. Ward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/32TE25zQmzY\" width=\"850\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Original Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pctoday.pct.edu\/alums-gift-transforms-penn-colleges-machining-lab\/\">https:\/\/pctoday.pct.edu\/alums-gift-transforms-penn-colleges-machining-lab\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Students majoring in one of five\u00a0manufacturing-related degrees are benefiting from a gift to Pennsylvania College of Technology, featured in a YouTube video. Larry A. Ward, founder of Packaging Progressions Inc. and DVIRC client, made a donation exceeding $1 million to revamp the college\u2019s machining lab \u2013 the largest alumni gift in the college\u2019s history. 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